Third Man Held in Girl Slaying in Kentucky Crime Case
PUREVILLE Ky A string of statements ties three men to the killing of Marte Baldridge as details emerge. William Gamble and Collins face charges or witness status while Justice, arrested for drunkenness, gives his account of striking the girl. The body was found near the Middle Creek bridge after a carnival event.
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Chicero
Jed Kenna
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Zipper industry to meet on fair tracing and marks
The Federal Trade Commission will host a New York meeting next month to discuss zipper rules for uniform fair trade practices. Topics include marking of imported and irregular fasteners and misrepresentation of length to help homemakers and manufacturers address faulty slides.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New York
FTC
Russian Prelate Attacks Pope at All Union Conference
Metropolitan Nikolai of Krutinsky and Holomma condemns Pope Pius III as anti Christian and an agent of American imperialism while praising the USSR stance. He says the Russian Orthodox Church is not persecuted and stands behind the Soviet government at the peace proponents conference in Moscow.
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Nikolai
Russies All Union Conference
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Holomma
British Warship to Visit Albany This Month
Mayor Erastus Corning announced that the British sloop Snipe, a 100‑foot vessel now at Wilmington, Del, will pay a courtesy call to Albany next month. The report notes a prior British sloop Vulture failed to pass West Point fortifications in 1776.
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Hudson River
West Point
Erastus Corning
Wilmington
Del
Coast Guard plan drops medicine to ship for polio youth
A Coast Guard B-27 flew 600 miles through heavy seas to drop polio medicines to the liner Parthia where Sidney Moody Jr., 22, of Plainfield New Jersey, lay ill at sea. Dr Nathaniel L Green and crew rushed by cutter to reach the ship plus an iron lung awaited at port. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis aided the effort and Moody remains in critical condition as the ship nears New York Harbor.
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Fiahi
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Linear
Oe Ghortis
Greenfield
James A. Cornish
Elizabeth
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Amegansett
Long Island
F D R Jr Obtains License to Wed in New York
The engagement of Franklin D Meesevel Jr and Suzanne Derx was announced July 22. The wedding license was issued in New York as the couple, children of prominent figures, prepare to wed this month.
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Frank-lin D. Meesevel
Suzanne Derxa
New York
Last GAR Reunion In Indianapolis Opens For Final Encampment
Indianapolis hosts the last Grand Army of the Republic encampment with about a half dozen surviving members and five affiliated groups totaling around 2 500 members meeting Sunday through Wednesday. Notables arriving include Theodore Pensant 100 Portland Ore and Albert Woolson 102 Duluth Minn as well as Joseph Clovese 205 Pentian Mick the only surviving Negro member arriving by train tomorrow.
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Portland
Ore
Albert Woolson
Duluth
Minn
Joseph Ciovese
Pentiac
Mick
Clovese
Robert
Barrett
Princeton
Chappel
Rubber Workers Strike After Stalled Talks at Goodrich
At Akron Ohio 17000 workers in seven states walk out after failed contract talks with B F Goodrich. Union leader H P Lloyd says no amicable settlement. strike aims for 25 cent hourly raises and $100 monthly pensions with health benefits. Plants in Los Angeles Cadillac Michigan Tuscaloosa etc joined in action.
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Ohio
CLO
B. F. Goodrich
Goodrich
H. P. Lloyd
Loyd
Daviton
Digrest Goodrich
Picker Nes
Los Angeles
Cadillac
Mich
Tuscaloosa
Miami
Okio
Clarksviel Town
Oaks
Geogrich
Walkathon faces drug charges in Montreal case
Three American women were arrested in a police yard during a walk-run event touring the U.S. coast to westward Crown Pras or Roger Gree snia. Eleven couples remained in the six week derby as authorities raided the site. Jail inmates named include Chad Aivise of Hartford and Norma Jasper of Kansas.
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Charres T Fay
U.S
Chad Aivise
Hartford
Conn
Harchison Gibson
Kansas N
Norma Jasper
Ste BN
Senate Votes Deep Defense Budget Cut Amid Industry Warning
Senate approves a large reduction in defense funds guiding a multi billion package. Army and Air Force appropriations face substantial cuts for the coming year, while House members already protest slashes. Total value remains unsettled as the action rolls over to next day.
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D-onalet
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Earier
Air Force
SLR
SAO Ola
Races Clash Aboard Ship In Savannah
Six British West Indies seamen aboard the ship Buccaneer in Savannah clash with ship workers over a segregated drinking fountain. Police and workmen clashed. no one was hurt. Seamen claim they are British subjects and not bound by Southern segregation aboard their vessel.
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British West Indies
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Senate closes on Saturday with flood control hearings
The Senate met in an unusual Saturday session and passed a public works measure. The House adjourned until Tuesday as the committee continued hearings on the flood control bid. In New Britain a robbery left a man relieved but shaken.
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Associated Press
Senate
House
Women Start Activity at Legion Parley in Philadelphia
The Eight and Forty women begin six days of activity at the Americas Legion convention in Philadelphia. Delegates and alternates from the American Legion Auxiliary join the events as 6,600 delegates begin drafting the 1950 program with talks by President Truman and leaders including Perry Brown.
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Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
Interior OKs $663 Million for West Power Projects
Undersecretary Oscar L. Chapman praised a Senate funded Interior Department measure at 663 million dollars, 96 million more than the House figure. The bill aims to advance West development, expand power transmission lines, and establish a Western regional power marketing entity to handle Army project power. A conference committee will reconcile differences.
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Oscar L. Chapman
Interior Department
Senate
House
Chapmen
Ken Seymour
Interior
The Con Game Tricks and Penny Punch Board Scams
A historical exposé outlines how seemingly proper shopkeepers push penny punch boards and other games of chance to swindle children and propagate gambling. It details payouts, cheating methods, and the broader rise of con games feeding later gambling habits.
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Exnest & Blanche
Shieren
Genmy
Confidence games and coin tricks described as scams
The article outlines two common confidence schemes. One uses a fake money making scheme with suspicious paper and “bills” to lure victims. The other shows a coin tossing con where players bet coins, using prearranged outcomes to ensure a win for the confederate. It notes such hustles rely on deception and manipulation.
Truman Invited to Philippines by Philippine president
A informal invitation was extended for President Truman to visit the Philippines, suggesting a trip after Japan. Quirino supporters accused the move of influencing the presidential race, while opponents called it political maneuvering amid the campaign season.
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Truman
Panppines
Ise
Japan
Philippines
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Quiring
Camilo Gisias
Quirino
Widow Mimi Boombower Found Missing On Beach
Police disclosed that Mimi Boombower was short of cash and facing financial trouble. Her sister arrived to help but offered no new clues as officers checked sightings in stores and cafes.
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Mimi Boosmbower
Boombower
Basilhowec
Boston
San Diego
Cahir
Boomhower
Emmett © Jones
Red Pickets Demand Mistrial at Medina Trial
Outside the New York federal court yesterday, Red pickets demanded a mistrial while denouncing Judge Harold Medina. They chanted against the juror Janney, cited fears of pressuring the court, and claimed the defense team seeks to subvert justice. A late witness, Stax Weiss, testified the Communist Party backed force to overthrow the government as the trial recessed for the day.
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Medina
Rousseil
Janney
Stax’ Weiss
Chicago
Communist Party
Mid
Mion
Krug Sees Chance Two Harness Sun
Science may harness the sun's energy for industrial production. Interior Secretary Julius Krug voiced optimism that solar energy problems could be solved, likening it to large past expenditures on atomic energy. The conference highlighted solar energy as a factor in resource utilization.
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